One Ukrainian soldier killed, four wounded near Yasynuvata - DPR
MOSCOW. March 9 (Interfax) - Ukrainian servicemen have suffered casualties in the clash near the town of Yasynuvata, Eduard Basurin, a senior officer of the Defense Ministry of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), said on Wednesday.
"The [Ukrainian] Interior Ministry Forces are engaged in the hostilities there [near Yasynuvata], and they have [suffered] casualties. At the moment, I know about one person killed and four injured. The situation is most complicated in the southern sector, Mariupol, as well as in the area of Donetsk airport, the Petrovskyi district, Yasynuvata and Horlivka," Basurin said in a program aired by the Rossiya 24 (VGTRK) television channel.
There is no fighting in Yasynuvata at present, he said.
It has been reported that the OSCE SMM will visit the Yasynuvata roadblock where Russian reporters witnessed a Ukrainian attack on Tuesday.